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[blackgpz at rochester.rr.com]

Bob, 
     Some like them but I didn't care for them at all. First, the sidewalls are very stiff (meaning they were a real PIA to mount) which translates into a stiff ride as well. The Pirelli's I run are MUCH more compliant and ride significantly better than the BT021's. I didn't have any issue with side grip, they never let go on me, even when ridden very aggressively on the street. Steering was a different matter. You needed quite a bit of effort to initiate a turn and going side to side required a Herculean effort. Everything is relative of course but with my Pirelli's reinstalled, the bike is light and nible handling, even for a GPZ. The mileage also sucked, the front tire was toast after only 4k miles and the rear didn't have many more in it. My riding style may not be the best guage for tire life as most get considerably more miles out of a set than me.

Steve

---- Bob Nelson <majordad at carolina.rr.com> wrote: 
> So do people not think very highly of BT021's on the gpz?
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> Bob
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> scapco at ecentral.com wrote:
> > I'll second Steve's comments on the Sportmax tires.  I 
> > really like riding on them but use mine for local canyon 
> > carving due to the shorter life.  I put my other rims with 
> > new Dunlop Roadsmarts on last weekend and did about 240 
> > miles on them yesterday.  So far I like them, turn in is 
> > good although a little slower than the Sportmax's.  The 
> > side grip felt good as well.  We'll see how well they work 
> > on the Durango trip next week.
> >
> > BTW, anyine coming to Durango, make sure to bring your rain 
> > gear.  It's been an unusually wet May/June so far, but it 
> > looks like it's finally starting to dry out a little.
> >
> > Charles S.
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> >> I ran two sets of the Dunlop SportMax Qualifiers of my 
> >> 955i Daytona and they were awesome handling tires. Great 
> >> grip at track days but I wouldn't expect too much mileage 
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> > >from them, they are very soft. 3 to 3.5k is all I would 
> >   
> >> expect. 
> >> Steve
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> >> 3.  Previous owner installed Dunlop Sport Max tires, which 
> >> have about 600 miles on them.  I've never run these tires, 
> >> but I like what they're doing so far.  Anyone else run 
> >> these?  Any idea what kind of mileage I can expect?  I 
> >> normally run Michelin RoadSmarts on the Triumph, ran Avon 
> >> Azarros on my '95 and like the mileage/handling combo in 
> >> both applications.
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